Etymology 2

A standardization of Ɔ and C because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of Latincentum(“hundred”), from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternate form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling Ж (a superimposed X and I), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

Proper noun

The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language called C, which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions in Computer Lib, and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business.

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Letter

Usage notes

When followed by the letters i or e, this letter represents the phoneme /tʃ/, as in cel /tʃel/ (the) and citesc /tʃi'tesk/ (I read). When followed by "hi" or "he" (chi & che) and in all other cases, it represents /k/.